I find myself in possession of a signed first edition of the Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling) book The Cuckoo's Calling.I never buy books to sell them and this was a bargain at £16.99 and I love having a copy of a book signed by JK rowling that I didn't give blood to get. On the other hand they are now trading at close to the £1000 mark on various dealer sites with a copy even being offered at £1650 on ABE. Am I mad not to cash in now or should I hold on to it. I'm kicking myself I didn't get another copy or two while I had the chance.

'There is no future for e-books, because they are not books. E-books smell like burned fuel.'Ray Bradbury (RIP)

I would sell if the money could be better spent elsewhere (or set up a trust fund for Harry with the proceeds). I'm not up on selling books as collectables but I would imagine that the prices may well go down in the future. I have no real reasoning or evidence to back up my feeling other than I don't think the public will show much future interest in her work beyond the Harry Potter books (her current stuff is following immediately on the heels of these, so people are still naturally buying out of curiosity, if you see what I mean).

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

pip wrote:I find myself in possession of a signed first edition of the Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling) book The Cuckoo's Calling.I never buy books to sell them and this was a bargain at £16.99 and I love having a copy of a book signed by JK rowling that I didn't give blood to get. On the other hand they are now trading at close to the £1000 mark on various dealer sites with a copy even being offered at £1650 on ABE. Am I mad not to cash in now or should I hold on to it. I'm kicking myself I didn't get another copy or two while I had the chance.

Sell it now. The market is artificially high. Once everyone who has one of these discovers how much others are selling for they'll all try selling them, plus tons of counterfeit signed version will flood the market, lowering the overall resale value.